Originally, the company had planned on unveiling this app later in the year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it decided to launch it early to help parents who are now suddenly finding themselves homeschooling their children. Its paid subscribers totaled 3.3 million at the end of the quarter, 71% more than the previous one.Until now, Duolingo‘s focus was always squarely on teaching languages, but today, the company launched Duolingo ABC, a free English literacy app for children ages 3 to 6. Despite its upgraded capabilities, the company has no plans to expand into other animated content outside of apps, a spokesperson confirmed.Īccording to Duolingo’s last earnings report, total revenues for the second quarter of this year were US$97.5 million, an increase of 51% over the previous quarter. The company’s animation operations are overseen by industry veteran Linda Simensky, who joined the company last year.
It will also work on Duolingo’s character roster, which currently numbers 10, including the company’s owl mascot. Gunner will work to accelerate the development of Duolingo’s future marketing campaigns and products, such as its upcoming app Duolingo Math, which offers learning materials for third-grade math and launches in the coming months. Duolingo did not acquire Hobbes, Grunner’s sister studio, which will continue to operate independently as a studio focused on product design and emerging technology. Gunner’s existing Detroit office will be converted to a Duolingo office, joining locations in Pittsburgh, New York, Seattle, Beijing and Berlin.
As part of the acquisition, 15 Gunner designers, illustrators and animators will join Duolingo’s team. Gunner will continue to produce art and animation for Duolingo’s flagship all-ages language app, and its Duolingo ABC app, which teaches literacy to kids three- to six-years-old. Pittsburgh-based language learning app Duolingo has completed its first acquisition, buying Detroit-based animation studio Gunner, which has been handling animation on Duolingo’s app for the past two years.
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